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Old 18th Nov 2011, 17:53
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The ATIS indicates weather that should not have been beyond the ability of a normally trained and experienced crew. They certainly made a series of errors including attempting an auto land well outside the normal parameters and getting into a situation where they thought they did not have enough fuel to divert. It is therefore absolutely correct that the company has taken action and is reviewing carefully what happened.

Interesting is what it tells us about the state of play in India and no doubt many other rapidly developing aviation nations. Airbus, Boeing and the bean counters have for years attempted to deskill piloting and have made great progress. The irony is that when a situation slightly outside the norm occurs then pilots are much less able to cope.

We can all understand that India wants to dispense with foreign pilots as do no doubt China and most of the other places where they are employed. This incident demonstrates that they are obviously still required. I am not however holding my breath on anything meaningfully constructive coming out of this. Management will blame the pilots, point out that the last big crash happened with a foreigner at the controls and carry on as before.
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